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Students get Airtime with Award Winning Writer Sally
Comedian and writer Sally Cancello joined eleven enthusiastic Year 12 students from our Sixth Form as part of the ‘Young Professionals’ Challenge’ to create content ahead of the launch of a brand new national radio station, the Women’s …
Megan makes the Final Cut in the PwC National Schools Employability Challenge
Excited Economics student Megan Jones in Year 13 has made it through to the final of the National Schools Employability Challenge, competing for sought-after placements with PwC, a major consulting firm. Megan was in the top ten October…
The Wonders of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Our Classics department spent the beginning of October half term exploring the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Sixteen girls from years 11, 12 and 13 accompanied by Mrs Fryer, Miss Fforde and Ms Gray saw some amazing sights, visiting …
Sweet Sounds
An Acoustic Night, on Thursday 9 November, showcasing the talents of our singers and songwriters marked the beginning of this term’s music concerts and celebrations. Girls from Year 8 to Year 12 performed as soloists or bands and their …
Twenty Experts make Interview Workshops a Real Challenge
Saturday morning at Sheffield Girls’ Sixth Form was very much like a scene out of The Apprentice this week. Forty students arrived impeccably presented in ‘business dress’ to take part in the annual Interview Workshop event, organised t…
A Future in Art
Each year, the Rotary Club of Abbeydale showcases the incredible talent of Sheffield’s young artists in an exhibition of outstanding work by senior level students at Sheffield Town Hall. At the end of October, the work of six talented st…
A Zany Day at the National Eco-Schools Debate Challenge
On 7 November, our Eco-Schools co-ordinator, Miss Crowther, and five Year 10 girls took a trip to London’s Westfield Centre to take part in the first ever National Eco-Schools Debate Challenge, held at KidZania. The day consisted of tra…
A Grand Challenge!
Skilful scientists, Lucy Pirzada in Year 11 and Eva Koffi in Year 13, have wowed the judges in the Youth Grand Challenges, a new education initiative by the British Science Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with t…
Co-curricular Creativity is on the Shortlist
Over the October half term break we received the fantastic news that, from over 300 nominations, the School has once again been shortlisted in the TES Independent School Awards! This time, we have been shortlisted in the Creativity cate…